New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-19
KILLED BY THE ASSEMBLY.
rHEcApLERAILwAY SCHEME FRUSTRATED
OBJECTIONABLE PHRASES MYsTERIoUsLY INSERTED

OBJECTIONABLE PHRASES MYsTERIoUsLY INHERITED
IN THE BILL
v ArRASY Nav 1s.-Resurrected BY the Senate, the
New-York Cable Railway Company has been buried
again by the Assembly Mr. Ainsworth, chairman OF
the Assembly Committee on General Laws, submitted
an unfavOrable report on the Capie railway ~
pany's bill early In the session OF the Assembly W
dav Appareutly the Assembiymen had been waiting
20 hear this report for there was "a full house
i19'members out of 12S.being present large tnrong
NJ lohhv,sts outside the doors showed also that the
third house was interested in the fate OF meas
ure comforting seventysix miles OF the streets OF
New York on street railway corporation.
Judge Greene of Orange County, the champion oil
the BROOKLYN Democratic " ring" moved that the
adverse report should be disagreed TO, ana tne pii
considered In the Committee OF the Whoie' no tnoh
In speech OF fifteen minutes duration appeaeu "
the Assembly not to kill the measure. was VII
of great public Importance he argued, and deserved
careful consideration. Ii would confer raPio trans"
upon New-York 1t was mistake 10 tnlnR tna' rno
hin had once been defeated in the Assembly Ire
MEASURE had been completely remodelled In the Sen
a,a n was now the ceanest railway bill ever
prssented to the Legislature Inc Clty Oh new iork
would be royalty compensated IL IL gave INC Oaoe
Railway Company permission to revive Its charter quo
Law its rails. 1t would pay per cent oil ns gross
receipts tho st five years OF its existence to the CITY,
and per cent In the years afterward This deprived
the opponents OF the bill Of all right 10 cay that new
York was not properly compensated. Inc ASse"uy
IL was plain favored the cable system as mou7e
a bill authorizing 1.-THE street railway companies OF
New York to use that system and dispense with their
horses That bill vas now in the Senate Inc AS
sembly had done this without exacting penny OF
compensation to the city, II the present Dii' was ue
teated the horse railways of NewYork would have no
oomuetjtor and they would cling to their present
horse power system for twenty years more
Mr. Baker of Steuben County, also advised tie AS
sembly to reject the unfavorable report lie had READ
tba cable p carefully and could not see any harm IN
Inc
TIL IL was a disgrace to New-York that It's street
railway system was behind the age Inc street
roiIwavs were going to take more streets ana tney
were trying to defeat the present OIL because 'he
Caha Railway Company desired to take some OF those
sreets The cable railroad merely desired to remedy
acme defects in its articles Of incorporation and also
get the right to change Its elevated road ,,
Mr. Crosby assai!ed the bill making brilliant
speech against it. ais it possible, sara ne, tna'
gentlemen have hid their heads in the sand Ike the
ostrich and do not know What the world is saying
about them am rather surprised at the Posltlon
taken by the gentleman from Orange, Judge oreente'
In defvup the wishes of the people OF New i0rkt
I'm, as far "a the gentleman from SeuDen hr bakerl
h; concerned he has reached position where noDooy
is surprised At Roe ' ON the
bill and henceforth our paths VIII lie LII u'neIe"'
directions" ~, Ill Jaw IN tho
oe,tIeman that he asks too much OF me II he expects
me to furnish him With brains 10 UNDERSTAND 'N'''
bills" +, ~. C,o.hr at have
snoneb Mr. Greene has asked why we should not
pass this bill will give him the best reason ~ s
world The people of New York don't want IT. mat
armmept does not bold good in the County OF
Orange We have now LOG miles OF street rsiroad IN
Nv Tork and we are asked to accept as q giit
seventv or eighty miles more. We don't want rail-
yo,ds in every street. We don't want them on
Iexinotonaye or Gramercy Park or III llttle narrow
streets like Catherine-st do we want tDem pet
snvwbere that the greed of corporations may deana
The Renubcans will be responsible il they thrust tns
hill down the throats OF New York anu Will suner ior
it," ,.,.,a To said
The influence financial political which oehina cns p
NV COMMITTEES IL purpOred 10 simply extend 70
he same right which corporations now nave 70
Informally their articles OF assoolauoh hairg
disooye ed words or defect WIlhou ueus
alossed had been inserted in the relief sought anu
was that the insertion OF th9Se WORDS aha
the deosons OF the Court OF Appeals IN tne Cao .H
Railroad the bill was rece eItxrs the words
the consent and approval OF MT Melnytho o trowr
defect stricken out. BY some meLh0o W
again inserted when the plu wa
ed 10 the House. The clerk also made an s,es
nature OF which not at liberty 10 eIae
When tie bin back from the senate he
nsertion OF the two opecloDhoio
Sbe lin has fraud branded its face It's Jacoos 'oi0e
and Esau's hand in all the amendments
The Assembly by a vote of thirteen TO lo4 ueieaseu
nv Greenes motion to disagree with the unlaVoraDe
,enort on the bill. The thirteen Assemblymen VINO
voted for Mr.. Greenes motion were Baker. Greene
Hornidge. Kimball, Mase, Mulry, Plat'' ohea,
CHARLES Smith NJ A. Smith, X. H. Smith, NandemarK
and Whine The upfavorable report was theh
adorted This kills the bill.